[Sociology 2256A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (82 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2256A/B
• Professor: Jennifer Silcox

Document Summary

Varying understandings of crime and punishment based on time and space. Crime (cid:862)is defined as an act, or omission, that violates the criminal law and is subject to a legal response. Criminal law (cid:862)is the formal means by which society attempts to protect the pubic and define guidelines for that is sa(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y the state. (cid:863) (cid:894)p. 8(cid:895) pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) order a(cid:374)d sta(cid:271)ility (cid:863) (cid:894)p. 8(cid:895) Created by the society we are in: religious authority/doctrine. Code of hammurabi and earliest forms of law: nation-state legality. Ca(cid:374)ada as a (cid:374)atio(cid:374) has the po(cid:449)er to defi(cid:374)e (cid:449)hat is a (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d relegate to pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)e"s different responsibilities (federal vs. provincial: social and political theory. A lot of what the public understands about crime is rooted from the media, tv. The classical (conservative) school of criminology during the 18th century. Ideas have changed over time: e. g. , jeremy bentham, cesare beccaria, david hume, john howard, etc.